Many would like less plastic waste. With the help of an app, buyers can send the manufacturer a message that they would like less plastic for a certain product.
Far too much plastic waste ends up in the environment and especially in the sea. One of the best ways to counteract this: plastic waste that never occurs in the first place. That’s why the “Coast Against Plastic” association has developed the “ReplacePlastic” app, which consumers can use to make it clear to manufacturers and suppliers that they want different packaging.
ReplacePlastik – complain about plastic packaging via scan
ReplacePlastic starts where people are often first annoyed by unnecessary packaging waste – in the supermarket. If there is a product that is packaged with an unnecessary amount of plastic, its barcode on the product packaging can be scanned using the app. Users can then send feedback on the packaging to the manufacturer via ReplacePlastic.
The app is free for Android and iOS before. Also one ReplacePlastic website is there, where you can find some information about plastic waste, its consequences for nature and other important information on the subject of sustainability. The list of recently scanned products that consumers complain about in the supermarket is also interesting. At the moment, you can find many very different products here, from cold cuts to cheese packaging, beverage bottles and potato nets. According to ReplacePlastic, more than 1.9 million packages were scanned in the various supermarkets and drugstore chains in Germany at the time this report was published.
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Find alternative, unpackaged products
If available, alternatives to the respective product that are packaged differently are also displayed to users via the ReplacePlastic app. This can be products whose packaging does not contain any plastic at all, or unpackaged food. The latter are not only available in special unpackaged shops, but increasingly also in well-stocked supermarkets for bottling.
With material from the dpa